Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a compound for a capping layer that has a high refractive index and a low extinction coefficient in a range of 450 nm to 750 nm to improve the light extraction efficiency of an organic EL element. The present invention has focused on the fact that compounds having a benzene skeleton at the center thereof are excellent in stability and also durability in the form of a thin film, and that the refractive index thereof can be improved by modifying the molecular structure, and thus, molecules have been designed. Provided is a compound represented by a general formula (1), and an organic EL element with excellent luminance efficiency is obtained by using that compound as a constituent material of a capping layer.

Abstract: This screw compressor is provided with a screw rotor, a casing accommodating the screw rotor, and a liquid feed mechanism for feeding a liquid into an operating chamber enclosed by the casing, wherein the pitch of the screw rotor changes in the axial direction from a suction end surface toward a discharge end surface.

Abstract: A screw compressor for compressing a working medium sucked through a suction opening and discharging the compressed working medium through a delivery opening, wherein the screw compressor includes: a male rotor and a female rotor that rotate while meshing with each other; a casing that houses the male rotor and the female rotor and is provided with a bore which forms a working chamber designed, together with the male rotor and the female rotor, to compress the working medium; a drive unit that rotationally drives at least one of the male rotor and the female rotor; a working chamber closing unit that forms a suction port for sucking the working medium into the working chamber and closes the working chamber when the working chamber reaches a specified capacity; and a suction space that connects the suction opening and the suction port to allow communication therebetween, wherein an open space that connects the suction opening and the suction port to allow communication therebetween is provided between a shaft

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus in a vehicle, the driving assistance apparatus comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire a location coordinate of a self-vehicle at a predetermined period of time, a specification unit configured, based on a plurality of the location coordinates acquired continuously by the acquisition unit, to specify a curved region of a road, and a registration unit configured to register the curved region specified by the specification unit in a database predetermined.

Abstract: A lighting device (23) irradiates a web under conveyance with light. The lighting device includes a light source (43), and an irradiation port (61) configured to open linearly in a widthwise direction of the web at an end portion facing the web. The irradiation port (61) is formed between first and second parallel portions (62b, 63b) where a first plate member (62) and a second plate member (63) parallelly face each other. The web under conveyance is irradiated with linear light. It is possible to provide a lighting device capable of irradiating only an inspection region of a sheet or a web with light.

Abstract: A lighting device (23) irradiates a web under conveyance with light. The lighting device includes a light source (43), and an irradiation port (61) configured to open linearly in a widthwise direction of the web at an end portion facing the web. The irradiation port (61) is formed between first and second parallel portions (62b, 63b) where a first plate member (62) and a second plate member (63) parallelly face each other. The web under conveyance is irradiated with linear light. It is possible to provide a lighting device capable of irradiating only an inspection region of a sheet or a web with light.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce or eliminate a defect (e.g., a void) by achieving (i) a semipreg and a prepreg each of which allows a reduction in residual volatile component and (ii) methods for producing the semipreg and the prepreg, respectively, and consequently to achieve (iii) a fiber-reinforced composite material which has high heat resistance and superior mechanical strength and a (iv) a method for producing the fiber-reinforced composite material. The present invention attains the above object by providing, for example, a semipreg containing: powders of an imide oligomer; and reinforcement fibers, the imide oligomer being represented by a specific general formula (1).

Abstract: A driving assistance apparatus in a vehicle, the driving assistance apparatus comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire a location coordinate of a self-vehicle at a predetermined period of time, a specification unit configured, based on a plurality of the location coordinates acquired continuously by the acquisition unit, to specify a curved region of a road, and a registration unit configured to register the curved region specified by the specification unit in a database predetermined.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a precursor of a positive electrode active material, capable of obtaining the positive electrode active material that can exhibit a high discharge capacity and high charge/discharge efficiency, by being mounted on a secondary battery using a non-aqueous electrolyte, and the positive electrode active material obtained from the precursor, as well as a method for producing the positive electrode active material. The nickel composite hydroxide particles that are precursors of a positive electrode active material of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having a void ratio of 45.0% or more and 55.0% or less.

Abstract: A lighting device (23) irradiates a web under conveyance with light. The lighting device includes a light source (43), and an irradiation port (61) configured to open linearly in a widthwise direction of the web at an end portion facing the web. The irradiation port (61) is formed between first and second parallel portions (62b, 63b) where a first plate member (62) and a second plate member (63) parallelly face each other. The web under conveyance is irradiated with linear light. It is possible to provide a lighting device capable of irradiating only an inspection region of a sheet or a web with light.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power supply system according to the present invention is provided with: a main battery; a sub-battery; a voltage regulating unit which regulates the voltage of power supplied from the main battery and the sub-battery; and a state detecting unit which detects the state of the sub-battery.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted power supply system according to the present invention is provided with: a main battery; a sub-battery; a voltage regulating unit which regulates the voltage of power supplied from the main battery and the sub-battery; and a state detecting unit which detects the state of the sub-battery.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: obtaining plural items of writing information including writing position information and writing timing information, each of the plural items of writing information being associated with one page of one document; displaying an image in accordance with plural items of writing information associated with an identical page among the obtained plural items of writing information; receiving a specified writing timing; updating a display mode of the displayed image in accordance with the received writing timing; and changing an association between at least one of the plural items of writing information corresponding to the displayed image and a document, based on the received writing timing.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce or eliminate a defect (e.g., a void) by achieving (i) a semipreg and a prepreg each of which allows a reduction in residual volatile component and (ii) methods for producing the semipreg and the prepreg, respectively, and consequently to achieve (iii) a fiber-reinforced composite material which has high heat resistance and superior mechanical strength and a (iv) a method for producing the fiber-reinforced composite material. The present invention attains the above object by providing, for example, a semipreg containing: powders of an imide oligomer; and reinforcement fibers, the imide oligomer being represented by a specific general formula (1).

Abstract: A secondary battery status estimation device includes a sensor unit configured to detect a terminal voltage of a secondary battery, and an internal resistance calculator configured to calculate a direct current internal resistance of the secondary battery based on the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current detected by the sensor unit. The internal resistance calculator calculates a direct current internal resistance based on the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current detected by the sensor unit, in a stable period that is before starting a driving source for driving a vehicle and in which the terminal voltage and the charge-discharge current of the secondary battery fall within a predetermined fluctuation range, and in a high-current output period in which electric power for starting the driving source is output from the secondary battery and the terminal voltage of the secondary battery is brought to substantially minimum.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a transmission unit that transmits a request for a service to multiple servers able to provide the same service, a reception unit that receives a response to the request, a retention unit that retains information about a response time taken from transmitting the request until the response is received, in association with a server that has issued the response, and a specification unit that specifies one or more destination servers on a basis of information retained in the retention unit when a request for a same service as the service is demanded.

Abstract: This gate device is provided with a guide unit having a guide section that is disposed at the downstream side of pinch rollers at a path line along which a metal sheet is conveyed, opens/closes a coil-up line that is curved from the path line, and guides the upwards-facing surface side of the metal sheet led in to the coil-up line. A configuration is adopted such that the guide unit has a main body frame and a liner that is attached to the main body frame, forms at least a portion of the second guide surface that guides the metal sheet, has a lower coefficient of friction than the main body frame, and has a lower hardness than that of the metal sheet.

Abstract: A coiler device (1), provided with a chute roller (50), has: pinch rollers (10a, 10b) that lead a metal sheet carried in along a path line (L1) to a coil-up line (L2) that is curved from the path line (L1); a mandrel (20) that coils the metal sheet and is disposed ahead of the coil-up line (L2); and a chute roller (50) that exposes at least the leading end of the metal sheet to the coil-up line (L2) when being wound to the mandrel (20), and suppresses curving of the metal sheet toward a surface of the metal sheet facing the chute roller (50).

Abstract: A sensor of a status determination device detects a magnitude of a terminal voltage of an auxiliary battery provided separately from a driving battery and a magnitude of a current flowing through the auxiliary battery. The driving battery is an electrical power source for a driving motor of a vehicle, and the auxiliary battery is an electrical power source for auxiliary equipment and has an output voltage lower than that of the driving battery. An internal resistance calculator calculates an internal resistance of the auxiliary battery based on the magnitude of the terminal voltage and the magnitude of the current detected by the sensor in a stable period that is before the auxiliary equipment is started and in which the magnitude of the terminal voltage and the magnitude of the current fall within predetermined fluctuation ranges, and those detected in a period after starting of the auxiliary equipment is detected.

Abstract: Provided is an e-mail relay device including: an e-mail receiving unit that acquires an e-mail to be delivered before the e-mail reaches a transmission destination, the e-mail being transmitted from a transmission source mailer through simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP); a request notification unit that transmits, after the e-mail receiving unit acquires the e-mail to be delivered, a notification e-mail for allowing communication with a predetermined authentication server through IP by using a transmission source e-mail address of the e-mail to be delivered as a destination; a transmission source IP address acquisition unit that acquires, in a case where the transmission source terminal communicates with the predetermined authentication server after the notification e-mail is transmitted, an IP address of a transmission source terminal contained in an IP header of an IP packet transmitted/received during the communication; and a determination unit that determines the reliability of the e-mail to be delivere